Best way to train exploration

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Reiiya wrote on 2014-03-29 14:47

:llama_cry:
I don't consider myself newbie in Mabi, however exploration is something I haven't worked out yet.

I know, Cor artifacts kinda work, but this is the reason I quit Mabi for a while. Dreadful. Just as terrible as ranking Windmill, only once every 3 weeks, not once in a lifetime. Horrible. I am still having nightmares.
:llama_fail:

I am full dual sword build (with high dex) usually playing alone. And I am willing to spend some AP to firebolt/lighning bolt/anything so save me from Cor artifact agony.
In order to not to waste my precious AP in something that might work worse than artifacts - what remedy do you suggest to me for ranking exploration quickly?
Kyubey wrote on 2014-03-29 15:18

Alexina, belita and rafting native daily quests.
7k, 9k and 9k exploration xp just from the quests + some extras from rafting/ballooning/artifacts. You can get explore 30 just by doing those everyday for 2 weeks ish.

So since you'll need a ranged skill for both wyverns and rafting you can either get firebolt and rape the shit out of wyverns, or get thunder and rape the shit out of hobos. Your choice, id go for firebolt since it costs less AP and rafting is feasible with firebolt as well (at least to get the amount of stars for the daily quest).

Edit: Missed that you said that you have high dex, if you have range, nothing is stopping you from ballooning/rafting already
Rydian wrote on 2014-03-29 15:23

There's daily exploration quests now which give exploration experience.

http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/view/Daily_Quest#Other
The rafting one gives 9000 EXP.
Hot air ballooning quest gives 9000 exploration EXP too.
The l-rid exploration one gives 7000 EXP.

These are repeatable each IRL day.
Blassreiter wrote on 2014-03-29 15:44

If you need something instant, hot air ballooning is fastest if you use a wing to warp back to Calida after getting 10+ big stars. The area above the hot springs has frequent spawns of wyverns.
Cookiebunny wrote on 2014-03-29 15:45

Loving how the two posts made before were posted within 4 minutes of each other. xD

...I'm going to be a butt and add on that you could also stack on Exploration Statues, either from rafting (54 stars) or... Eweca Orb gachapon.
(But yes, doing the exploration dailies are highly recommended!)
truefire wrote on 2014-03-29 16:25

If you're a freebirther, it only takes about 10 days of exploration dailies to reach the cap. That's without the Longa exploration daily and that's without using the elephant statues (which you can instead choose to stock up on for events such as this 3x AP one). Two of the exploration dailies grant 9k expl exp, the third grants 7k. Assuming you're good at rafting, you'll probably get 6k+ per complete rafting circuit, and getting all of your stars during each ballooning trip will net you 4.25k. The additional expl. exp you get from the ruins quest (which I recommend doing in Cor for the artifacts) is highly variable, depending on whether it's day or night as you excavate, how many of your restorations succeed, and how many of your appraised artifacts are even worth risking for restoration, but I'd say the variability is anywhere between 2.5k and 4.5k.

You don't even need to do anything else--just those dailies, and you'll hit expl. lvl 30 in ten days' time.
Second wrote on 2014-03-29 17:07

Once you get 400 of those daily quest seals, use them to get a Golden Dragon Statue on Tuesday for 950k exploration exp. That'll take you to lvl 45.
Chihaya wrote on 2014-03-29 17:14

Quote from Second;1210953:
Once you get 400 of those daily quest seals, use them to get a Golden Dragon Statue on Tuesday for 950k exploration exp. That'll take you to lvl 45.

Oh wow, they actually raised the cap?
Damn, I'm really behind on all these changes.

EDIT: wait, it's still capped at 30?
What?
Rydian wrote on 2014-03-29 18:52

Oh, when hot air ballooning, if you get 10 big stars (I did it with two other people on the balloon earlier with just me attacking with a +4CC fire wand above the hot springs) you can trade those in for 4,200 extra EXP. And that's not a quest or anything so you can repeat that endlessly.
Reiiya wrote on 2014-03-31 20:26

Oh, I see, daily quests was something I missed ;D
Decided to go with firebolting wyverns. Getting to lvl 20 during x3ap event was like a breeze! Even fun! My god, we have lived to time where I say that exploration is fun O_O
Divide wrote on 2014-03-31 20:32

Quote from Reiiya;1210934:
:llama_cry:
I don't consider myself newbie in Mabi, however exploration is something I haven't worked out yet.

I know, Cor artifacts kinda work, but this is the reason I quit Mabi for a while. Dreadful. Just as terrible as ranking Windmill, only once every 3 weeks, not once in a lifetime. Horrible. I am still having nightmares.
:llama_fail:

I am full dual sword build (with high dex) usually playing alone. And I am willing to spend some AP to firebolt/lighning bolt/anything so save me from Cor artifact agony.
In order to not to waste my precious AP in something that might work worse than artifacts - what remedy do you suggest to me for ranking exploration quickly?

You sound a lot like me, if you play on Alexina we can be friends. My name is Divide on there. :)

I normally do Cor for my exploration level... I did purchase a few gachas and they give you dragon statues and artifacts which gives you...a whole bunch of exploration XP. but only if you have the money for it...